David Wright’s walk-off homer, Aug. 7, 2008 Originally uploaded by NJ Baseball On Wednesday night, I turned to a co-worker after David Wright committed the error that allowed the Padres to tie the game. “He needs a day off tomorrow,” I said. After baserunning blunders the last two nights, some limp at-bats in clutch situations,

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Couldn’t watch this one because I was at my friend Dave’s wedding rehearsal dinner — this, the guy who planned his wedding for the same week as the Mets’ home opener and thus couldn’t go on Tuesday, snapping his streak at nine — but we high-fived when I got the final score text message. Watching

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At first I blamed it on Scott Schoeneweis, figuring that the town listed as his birthplace might be technically true, but that doesn’t mean he grew up there. But that’s not the case. It’s the Star-Ledger‘s fault. OK, here’s the backstory: The Mets last week signed Schoeneweis — a New Jersey native, that’s clear —